Happy Holidays! It’s so easy to “veganize” cookies now, you just need vegan butter and some substitute for eggs. My favorite egg-swap for cookies is apple sauce. For the right recipe, cinnamon apple sauce is great too! I adapted this recipe from one of those huge Better Homes & Garden’s “Bible” Recipe books. These cookies are easy to make, even do-able with a toddler, and worked out well for cookie swaps or wrapping up as gifts. They are soft and chewy, especially if you take out after 8 minutes rather than 9 minutes. Remember… it’s vegan, so feel free to try the yummy cookie dough before cooking! : ) Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year to all!
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt, then set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the vegan butter with an electric mixer on low speed for about 30 seconds. Add in the 2 cups of sugar, and beat again until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
Add in the applesauce and molasses and beat again until combined. Add the flour in batches and beat together as much as you can, then stir in any remaining flour mixture.
Watch out for tiny hands sneaking in!
Shape the dough into 1-inch balls, and roll the balls in the 3/4 cup sugar. Place the balls about 1 1/2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 8-9 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheet for 1 minute then transfer to a wire rack to let cool. Enjoy!
A soft & chewy, festive Holiday cookie.
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 4 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups vegan butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar, plus 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/2 cup molasses
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt, then set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the vegan butter with an electric mixer on low speed for about 30 seconds.
- Add in the 2 cups of sugar, and beat again until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Add in the applesauce and molasses and beat again until combined.
- Add the flour in batches and beat together as much as you can, then stir in any remaining flour mixture.
- Shape the dough into 1-inch balls, and roll the balls in the 3/4 cup sugar. Place the balls about 1 1/2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes.
- Cool on the cookie sheet for 1 minute then transfer to a wire rack to let cool. Enjoy!
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